Chapter 551 Randall's Mist

At Randall's request, Selina quickly began to calculate based on the current fleet's speed, orbital altitude, enemy contact distance and other information, and this calculation can only be completed by this powerful shipboard control personality.

After all, the fleet led by Cliffs at that time launched plasma torpedoes while being pursued by the enemy fleet to carry out a flanking attack.

The attacker and the attacked are basically on the same orbit, so there are fewer parameters to calculate, and the calculation difficulty is much lower.

But the situation Randall is facing now is different. The enemy is still far enough away from his fleet and has not yet entered the orbit of Rubion V.

So he can't launch torpedoes directly like Cliffs, but needs more precise calculations to grasp the timing of torpedo launches and the planning of preset routes.

By the way, this tactic used by Cliffs on Pyra IV has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the Atlas combat fleet.

From the captain to the formation commander, detachment commander, and squadron commander.

Everyone will imitate Cliffs's tactics as long as they encounter a battle environment near a planet in a simulated battle, especially an in-orbit battle environment.

This directly leads to the fact that in the simulated battle near the planet, the fleet launches heavy anti-ship missiles and stealth plasma torpedoes at the opponent's position from various unexpected angles across the arc of the planet 90% of the time.

When both sides do this, commanders at all levels have developed extremely skilled and flexible maneuvering and command capabilities to avoid torpedoes.

And 90% of the time, after all the plasma torpedoes and anti-ship missiles of the fleet are used up, the warring parties will officially enter the shooting stage.

Not only that, even if they encounter a simulated environment where they are not fighting near a planet, many commanders also fall in love with the routine of using a large number of plasma torpedoes to attack the flank of the enemy fleet in a large arc, and then wait for the lottery.

It can be said that Cliffs has done a very good job in the matter of "recasting the glory of torpedoes, our generation has an obligation to do so".

Although the commander-in-chief of the Atlas combat fleet has stated many times in public that this set of tactics was actually learned from the boss, under Amber's arrangement, this tactic was still named "Cleves Tactics" within Atlas.

This is to commemorate the fleet commander who first completed this set of tactics in actual combat.

This approach not only touched Cleves very much, but also inspired the enthusiasm of these commanders in the Atlas combat fleet.

Because for them, being able to have a tactic named after them is enough to brag to future generations.

So when Randall encountered the current situation where he needed to fight near the planet, he immediately thought of this "Cleves Tactics".

After all, many fleet commanders, including him, have realized the power of plasma torpedoes.

As long as the step of "sending plasma torpedoes to the enemy's eyes" can be done well, the effect of these "little things" will be far more than just "drawing a lottery".

Soon, Selina, who has powerful computing power, calculated the location and preset trajectory of the plasma torpedo.

In the trajectory diagram she projected, the second batch of plasma torpedoes dropped to the rear of the fleet will circle the planet with the help of the gravity of Rubion V, and after drawing a huge arc, they will attack the flank of the Federation Fleet that has just arrived at a certain location.

According to Selina's calculations, if the attack of these plasma torpedoes can work, it will cause great damage to the Federation Fleet.

"Very good. Does anyone else have any comments?"

Randall nodded after watching Selina's demonstration, and then looked at the others around him.

"If you have any opinions, please raise them quickly. Time is running out. We must complete the tactical formulation and issue them before entering the detection range of the Federation Fleet."

"I have a question, Colonel." The officer on duty raised his hand, and the people around him also looked at him at the same time.

"You say."

"I'm worried that the Federation Fleet will be prepared for this. After all, Commander Cleves's previous achievements on Pella IV were too great. The Federation Navy will definitely re-evaluate the threat of plasma torpedoes."

"In fact, I have thought of this problem."

Randall nodded, and then continued:

"But we don't have a better way at the moment. We can't just abandon the cargo fleet and run away. In this case, when the fleet's hard power is far weaker than that of the opponent, we can only think of this "side door". "

Randall's words made everyone on the bridge fall into silence.

Because they found that just as Randall said, they really couldn't find a better way to deal with the upcoming battle.

"Okay, if you can't think of a better way, just follow the order. There is no time for us to waste."

Randall waved his hand and sat back in the captain's seat, and the others quickly dispersed and went to their corresponding battle positions.

Then, Randall looked at the shipborne control personality floating in the air.

"Selina, complete the torpedo launch operation plan and send it to each ship, and also supplement the follow-up enemy engagement plan - all ships gather around the Infinity to form a spherical formation, activate the visible light band jammer, and wait for the flagship's order to be ready to start at any time!"

"Received, Captain!"

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As time went by, the federal fleet, which was charging at a very high relative speed, quickly entered their maximum detection range and immediately scanned an "enemy fleet" that had already deployed.

At a distance of 300,000 kilometers, the effects of optical and infrared observations were not accurate enough, and the opponent was likely to have activated optical camouflage, so the federal fleet mainly made judgments based on the echo characteristics of the long-wave radar.

Of course, there is actually a more "convenient" detection method.

That is to add some radioactive elements to the heavy particle cannon of the main battleship, perform a "diffusion irradiation", and then track the radioactive particle tides that cover at a speed of hundreds of kilometers per second in the "diffusion irradiation" mode through the superconducting quantum interference magnetic measurement system.

When these radioactive particle tides cover the target surface, whether optical camouflage, radar wave cancellation, or blackbody coating are activated, they will be observed by the superconducting quantum interference magnetic measurement system.

However, the current position of the fleet is in a celestial structure similar to the "Earth-Moon System", and the gravitational interference between multiple celestial bodies still has a certain impact on the measurement results.

In addition, this detection method is basically equivalent to firing a cannon, so Benelli and Stoner did not use it rashly.

What if the other party has not discovered the federal fleet in the covert action mode?

However, after entering the detection range for a distance, Benelli soon found something wrong, because this fleet did not turn on the radar wave cancellation after being swept several times, but just let them watch.

"Why do I feel something is wrong, like bait."

"It is indeed a bait, but it may not be used to ambush us, but to cover something else."

Stoner's voice came from one side, and Benelli tilted his head to see that the fleet commander generated by the holographic image sent a radar image that had just been analyzed through the fleet data link.

"Look here, this is the problem found by our fleet intelligence processing team."

Benelli looked carefully at the radar image released by Stoner, and soon found the problem-there is another fleet in the low orbit of Rubion V orbit.

"Such a low orbit. Is it an orbital attack ship? Or a cargo ship carrying out a drop operation?"

Stoner: "From the characteristics of the radar wave, my people tend to think that a cargo fleet is operating."

"No wonder the other fleet did not turn on the radar wave cancellation, but let us discover their existence, the purpose is to attract our attention to cover this cargo fleet."

Bernelli slapped his thigh and said with sudden realization:

"Good guy, I was almost fooled by them. Then should we seize this opportunity and launch an attack quickly, so that we can also destroy the other party's cargo fleet!"

But on the other side, Major General Stoner, the commander of the 18th Fleet, shook his head.

"In theory, we should do this, but I always feel that something is wrong."

He turned his head to look at Bernelli, and then continued:

"Do you think that with the size of the fleet we have discovered now, we can annihilate the garrison fleet in one go?"